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barn millet

barn millet

9.8
A coarse grass that grows each year, often seen as a weed and used for hay or grazing
  • noun
: mijo de granero
  • Because barn millet grows quickly, it can become a troublesome weed in cultivated fields.

Examples

  • Some farmers harvest barn millet as a low-cost source of hay.

  • The cattle grazed freely on the field of barn millet during the summer months.

  • Farmers often struggle with barn millet in their fields.

  • The barn millet grows quickly in warm weather.

  • Because barn millet grows quickly, it can become a troublesome weed in cultivated fields.

  • The cattle grazed freely on the field of barn millet during the summer months.

  • Some farmers harvest barn millet as a low-cost source of hay.

Synonyms

barn grass
vsbarn millet
1 8.3

A common weed grass that farmers sometimes cut for hay or feed animals

is a general term used for that coarse weed rather than the technical name
pearl millet
vsbarn millet
1 5.9

A tall grass grown for grain used for food, animal feed and making beer

is a coarse plant more often considered a weed with occasional forage use
Indian millet
vsbarn millet
  • Indian
1 7.0

A grass that grows in dry areas and farmers grow for animal feed or grain

is typically a common coarse grass seen as a wild weed rather than a crop
barnyard grass
vsbarn millet
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A common wild grass that grows in wet farm fields and that animals sometimes eat

is the everyday name for that coarse grass sometimes used as grazing
African millet
vsbarn millet
  • Indian
1 8.7

A plant that grows in dry regions and has seeds used to make a somewhat bitter flour

is mainly a coarse weedlike grass used only occasionally for hay or grazing
Echinochloa crusgalli
vsbarn millet
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A coarse grass that grows each year as a common weed worldwide and is sometimes used for animal feed

is the common, nontechnical name for that same coarse grass
foxtail millet
vsbarn millet
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A rough grass that grows in dry places and is grown for grain and animal feed

is usually a noncultivated coarse plant valued mainly as occasional grazing
Japanese barnyard millet
vsbarn millet
  • US
9.9

A rough grass people grow each year for its seeds and animal feed

is mainly a wild coarse grass often considered a weed and occasional forage
Japanese millet
vsbarn millet
7.9

A coarse grass grown each year for grain and to feed animals

is more often an uncultivated coarse grass used only sometimes for hay
sanwa millet
vsbarn millet
  • Specialized
9.9

A grass grown for its seeds and animal feed

is generally a wild coarse grass rather than a purposefully cultivated crop
German millet
vsbarn millet
7.5

A plant with yellow grains and large hanging seed heads grown for food and animal feed

is usually a weed with occasional use for grazing rather than a crop
broomcorn millet
vsbarn millet
  • Specialized
9.1

A small grain plant grown for food and animal feed

is a coarser wild grass more often serving as incidental hay or grazing
hog millet
vsbarn millet
9.3

A grass that grows once a year for its grain and is used as animal feed

is more often a common coarse grass seen as a weed yet grazed occasionally
Italian millet
vsbarn millet
8.4

A rough grass grown each year for grain or animal feed that grows well in dry soil

is mainly a wild coarse species valued less as a deliberate crop
cattail millet
vsbarn millet
8.9

A tall grass with thick round seed heads that farmers grow for grain and animal food

is a generally weedy coarse grass with limited intentional cultivation for seed
bulrush millet
vsbarn millet
  • US
9.5

A tall grass grown in dry areas for its edible grain, animal feed, and brewing

is typically an uncontrolled coarse grass used only sometimes for grazing
Siberian millet
vsbarn millet
  • UK
8.3

A grass with orange to red grains on long rough spikes grown for animal feed

is primarily a coarse wild grass not chiefly cultivated for fodder
Texas millet
vsbarn millet
  • US
9.1

An annual grass grown for hay in the southern United States

is a broadly defined coarse wild grass often left as unmanaged forage

Surface Forms

barn millet singular
barn millets plural

Morphology

barn + millet

The meaning is directly compositional: 'millet' names a small-seeded grass and 'barn' modifies it to indicate a variety or millet associated with farms/storage, so a B1 learner can infer it refers to a kind of coarse grass used/found around barns for hay or grazing. This place/modifier + noun pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, making the MWE transparent from its constituents.

Etymology

Barn millet may come from the sight of rough millet growing beside a farm's barn, where farmers used it as cheap 'hay' or left it as a 'weed'. So the name now means a coarse grass often used for 'hay' or seen as a 'weed'.